[Mars stops. She just stops and turns to focus on Akane completely, all thoughts of the danger around them forgotten for just an instant.]
You're telling me that you charge potential criminals before they've committed a crime?
[She isn't a cop, she has no interest in law enforcement, but...this is disturbing to someone as well-read as Rei. She's too early in time to remember Minority Report as a film, but the concept of pre-crime had featured heavily in various dystopian fictions.]
It's not the most healthy of societies, but most people in Japan believe it to be perfect.
[ a pause, but she continues in her stride, taking a quick turn left. ]
It's true, though. Where I'm from, there's only people with clear hues and latent criminals. They're— deemed as useless by society and the Sibyl System, but I believe that they should be treated just the same as everybody else.
[Alternate world then, not even possible in her own, okay. Good, she can get off the high horse.]
Irrelevant. This place is a different reality. CERES keeps it's own calenders, and we have no real way of knowing, but it's not the universes we're familiar with, so it's best not to worry about that.
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[Mars stops. She just stops and turns to focus on Akane completely, all thoughts of the danger around them forgotten for just an instant.]
You're telling me that you charge potential criminals before they've committed a crime?
[She isn't a cop, she has no interest in law enforcement, but...this is disturbing to someone as well-read as Rei. She's too early in time to remember Minority Report as a film, but the concept of pre-crime had featured heavily in various dystopian fictions.]
Or am I misunderstanding?
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[ a pause, but she continues in her stride, taking a quick turn left. ]
It's true, though. Where I'm from, there's only people with clear hues and latent criminals. They're— deemed as useless by society and the Sibyl System, but I believe that they should be treated just the same as everybody else.
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How far into the future is this from the 1990s? [A beat.] and I'm glad someone has some damn sense.
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What year is it here?
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Irrelevant. This place is a different reality. CERES keeps it's own calenders, and we have no real way of knowing, but it's not the universes we're familiar with, so it's best not to worry about that.
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Not to worry, I mean.
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